Epic and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Britain

by Simon Dentith

Book Overview

In the nineteenth century, epic poetry in the Homeric style was widely seen as an ancient and anachronistic genre, yet Victorian authors worked to recreate it for the modern world. Simon Dentith... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123577
• ISBN13: 9780521123570
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"